Liver WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Liver and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. MamasHealth: Liver mamashealth.com - Liver
  2. Answers.com: Liver answers.com - Liver
  3. Discovery Hospital: Liver Disease uimc.discoveryhospital.com - Liver Disease
  4. American Liver Foundation: Fatty Liver liverfoundation.org - Fatty Liver
  5. MedicineNet: Liver... The Largest Gland in the Body! medicinenet.com - Liver... The Largest Gland in the Body!
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Research Notes on Liver


The liver is the largest organ and largest gland in the human body.1 It weighs approximately three pounds.2 Functions of the liver include manufacturing proteins, metabolizing and storing carbohydrates, forming and secreting bile, and detoxifying the body.3

Fast Facts:

  • The body can only last 24 hours without liver function.1
  • Symptoms of liver diseases include a yellowing of the skin, unusual bleeding, edema and fatigue.4
  • The liver can filter more than one liter of blood every minute.5

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia: Liver
  2. ↑ MamasHealth: Liver: What is the Liver?
  3. ↑ MedicineNet: Liver... Just What Does the Liver Do?
  4. ↑ MedicineNet: Liver... How Do Liver Diseases Cause Symptoms?
  5. ↑ Heppo World: Liver Facts

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